Today in Mormon History - Aug 20

Today in Mormon History ...

[Hinckley] Dedicated Caracas Venezuela Temple (1)
-- 10 years ago - Aug 20, 2000

Taylor, John: Arrived in Salt Lake City 20 August 1852. (2)
-- 158 years ago - Aug 20, 1852

[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucy J. Clark Smith, the third daughter of Samuel Smith and Levira Clark Smith, is born. She is Samuel's seventh child. (3)
-- 166 years ago - Aug 20, 1844


1 - LDS Newsroom, Time line of Significant Events as President, http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/time-line-of-significant-events-as-president
2 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
3 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books

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